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Re: eye contact - Doing, Being, Giving, Making

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

"Making" is the best. The others don't work.

So one more question. Wouldn't it be an error of style to use two times making and makes in the same sentence?
In Russian it would be. In the view of grammar we are not allowed to use two and more words which contain the same lexical root in one sentence.

Re: eye contact - Doing, Being, Giving, Making

The problem is that 'make eye contact' is a set phrase, so if you feel you must avoid using 'make' twice in a row, then it's the second 'make' that you're going to have to change or reword.

That being said, there isn't a rule prohibiting it as Mike said, nor does it particularly bother me.

If it really bothers you, try something like "making eye contact gives a more confident appearance, while ...." or "making eye contact creates a more confident appearance, while...", or any number of similar variations.